Cog

by Greg Van Eekhout

Beatrice Blue (Illustrator)

Five robots. One unforgettable journey. Their programming will never be the same.

Wall-E meets The Wild Robot in this middle grade instant classic about five robots on a mission to rescue their inventor from the corporation that controls them all.

Cog looks like a normal twelve-year-old boy. But his name is short for “cognitive development,” and he was built to learn.

But after an accident leaves him damaged, Cog wakes up in an unknown lab—and Gina, the scientist who created and cared for him, is nowhere to be found. Surrounded by scientists who want to study him and remove his brain, Cog recruits four robot accomplices for a mission to find her.

Cog, ADA, Proto, Trashbot, and Car’s journey will likely involve much cognitive development in the form of mistakes, but Cog is willing to risk everything to find his way back to Gina.

In this charming stand-alone adventure, Greg van Eekhout breathes life and wisdom into an unforgettable character and crafts a story sure to earn its place among beloved classics like Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

• ISBN10: 0062686070
• ISBN13: 9780062686077
• Publish Date: 14 November 2019 (first published 1 October 2019)
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 13 March 2023
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
• Imprint: HarperCollins
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 208
• Language: English

Reviews

[Nicole Lynn]

Initial thoughts: I enjoyed this one a lot. The characters are quirky but true to themselves & I loved seeing how Co & his friends reacted to their world and their mission. The ending was my absolute favorite and this really ended up being a heartwarming story (even though some things freaked me out when it came to the AI the company was developing [but no spoilers on that promise!]). Was worth the read!
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Review to come!